28 premiums offered by the society in 1882. 



Section 3.— MACHINEEY. 



for approved reports. 



1. On such inventions or improvements, by the Eeporters, of 

 any implement or machine as shall be deemed by the Society of 

 public utility — Medals, or sums of money not exceeding Fifty 

 Sovereigns. To be lodged at any time. 



Reports should be accompanied by drawings and descriptions of the 

 implement or machine, and, if necessary, by a model. 



2. On the best and most improved Cattle Truck for feeding 

 and watering the animals in transit — Twenty Sovereigns. To be 

 lodged by 1st November 1882. 



Reports must be accompanied with drawings and description, or, if 

 necessary, by a model. 



Section 4— FOEESTEY DEPAETMENT. 



for approved reports. 



1. By the Proprietor in Scotland who shall, within the five 

 preceding years, have planted not less than 150 acres — The Gold 

 MedaL To be lodged by 1st November in any year. 



The whole planting operations which may have been conducted by the 

 Reporter within the five years, whether completed or not, must be 

 embraced, and he must state the expense — description of soils — age, 

 kind, and number of trees planted per acre — mode of planting, drain- 

 ing, and fencing — general st^ite of the plantation — and any other 

 observations of interest. 



2. On Plantations of not less than eight years standing, 

 formed on deep peat bog — The Medium Gold Medal, or Five 

 Sovereigns. To be lodged by 1st November 1882. 



The premium is strictly applicable to deep peat or flow moss ; the con- 

 dition of the moss previous to planting, as well as at the date of the 

 Report, should, if possible, be stated. 



The Report must describe the mode and extent of the drainage, and the 

 effect it has had in subsiding the moss — the trenching, levelling, or 

 other preliminary operations that may have been jDerlbrmed on the 

 surface — the mode of planting — kinds, sizes, and numbers of trees 

 plante<l per acre — and their relative progress and value, as compared 

 with plantations of a similar age and description grown on other soils 

 in the vicinity. 



o. On the more extended introduction of hardy, useful, or 

 ornamental Trees, which have not hitherto been generally culti- 

 vated in Scotland — The Medium Gold Medal, or Five Sovereigns. 

 To be lodged by 1st November in any year. 



